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Benin jails 30 people with links to thwarted coup attempt, legal sources say

Africa

Benin police arrest former defence minister turned opposition leader Candide Azannai

Africa

Nigeria’s Benin rescue thwarts a coup, sends a warning to a volatile region

Analysis
Africa

France provided 'logistical' support to help thwart Benin coup attempt, Macron aide says

Africa

'Benin has been considered a stable democratic country in an unstable, undemocratic region'

Africa

Benin hunts soldiers behind failed coup

Africa
Eye on Africa

Benin's government says short-lived coup left casualties on both sides

Africa

Benin military hunts fugitive soldiers a day after foiled coup attempt

Africa

Benin president says situation 'under control' after coup attempt

Africa

Benin on edge after loyalist troops foil attempted coup

As it happened
Africa

'If there's a coup, then ECOWAS will be willing to step in': West Africa bloc orders troops to Benin

Africa

Benin: the government declares coup attempt has been 'foiled'

Analysis
Africa

Benin: Government says fourteen people arrested over coup attempt

Africa

Attempted coup d'état in Benin: Foreign minister says situation under control

Africa

Coup d'état underway in Benin: Soldiers claim to have seized power

Africa

West Africa's ECOWAS bloc deploys standby force to Benin in response to coup attempt

As it happened
Africa

Situation is 'totally under control' following attempted coup, Benin's president says

Africa
Across Africa

Nigerian nut ban slammed as shea madness

Africa
Tête à tête

'Come back to the motherland' in Africa, Spike Lee tells African Americans

Americas

Recycled fashion: Meet Beninese designer 'President Djangoun'

Africa

In Benin, tech entrepreneurs tackle pineapple waste

Africa

The Bright Side: Benin's Subarachill convention blends otaku culture and West African style

Africa

France prepares law to fast-track return of art looted during imperial conquests

France

New Benin law offers citizenship to descendants of African slaves

Benin dreams of becoming cinema hub

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Beninese-French diva Angélique Kidjo lights up FEMUA 2025 Festival

Culture

54 soldiers killed in suspected Jihadist attack in Benin

Africa

A mobile classroom promoting digital education travels across Benin

Benin: Teachers equipping students with legal knowledge for community protection

Armyworm devastates maize in Benin: Digital solution for farmers launched

Eye on Africa

Celebrating Benin's Vodun heritage

Africa
Across Africa

Across Africa | Vodun music revival in Benin

Africa

Benin: In Cotonou, a special centre provides support for children living with HIV

Eye on Africa

Beninese musical brings Kingdom of Dahomey's history to life

Africa

Market traders in Benin prepare for difficult transition as sprawling Dontokpa market faces closure

Africa
Eye on Africa

Sudan crisis: UN reports record number of aid workers killed last year

Africa

Niger oil exports under threat, as Patriotic Liberation Front warns of more pipeline attacks

Africa
Eye on Africa

UK-Rwanda migrant deal ‘did not stipulate return of funds’

Africa

‘A great hardship’: Niger-Benin tensions halt travel across border

'They must reopen the border': Local communities left struggling amid Niger and Benin tensions

Across Africa

Afro-descendants offered Beninese citizenship

Africa

Seven Benin soldiers killed by gunmen in national park attack, army source says

Africa

Relations sour between Niger and Benin

Africa

Benin celebrates Golden Bear win for ‘Dahomey’, film on looted African art

Mati Diop's documentary 'Dahomey' on looted African art wins top prize at Berlin film festival

Culture

West African leaders set conditions for lifting Niger sanctions imposed after July coup

Africa
Across Africa

The felling of the spirits: Benin's shrinking voodoo forests

Africa

No signs of pardon for former Benin minister Reckya Madougou

Urbanisation threatens sacred Benin forests of Voodoo believers

Focus

Benin steps up fight against terrorist groups in north

Africa

Fuel blaze brings tragedy to Benin border town

Benin named world champion of school canteens by the World Food Program

Benin Big Blast basketball competition: Teens gather in competitive and friendly atmosphere

Eye on Africa

West African military chiefs meet in Ghana to discuss Niger coup

Africa

Niger coup: ECOWAS army chiefs to discuss plan for potential intervention

Niger
Africa

Niger coup: Concern rises for detained president

Niger
Africa

Niger coup: How much influence does the US and Europe have with ECOWAS?

Niger
Africa

Niger coup: Residents in Niamey denounce ECOWAS' involvement

Niger
Africa

Niger coup: Threat of invasion raises tensions in and around the country

Niger
Africa

Niger coup: What does a standby military force activated by ECOWAS mean?

Niger
Africa

Niger coup: ECOWAS activates standby force for possible intervention

Niger
Africa

Niger coup: Junta accuses France of freeing 'terrorists', violating its airspace, Paris denies it

Niger
Africa

Niger coup aftermath: Junta appoints new ministers and rejects talks

Niger
Africa

Niger coup aftermath: What can we understand about the military junta's strategy?

Niger
Africa

Niger coup: Bazoum's party has put out a statement saying his conditions are dire

Niger
Africa

'There is a long tradition in West Africa of resolving crises through negotiation & compromise'

Niger
Africa

Niger coup: Blinken says Russia's Wagner taking advantage of turmoil

Niger
Africa

Niger coup: More sanctions as junta rejects negotiation, ECOWAS to hold summit on Thursday

Niger
Africa

'This crisis is rumbling on': Diplomatic deadlock as junta rejects ECOWAS visit

Niger
Africa

West Africa bloc pins hopes on Niger coup mediation ahead of summit

Benin - Nigeria: Relations between two countries improve as exports pick up

More than 1,800 terror attacks recorded in West Africa thus far in 2023, ECOWAS says

Africa